Stephen Curry caps season with record 402 3-pointers

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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) shoots a three point basket against the Memphis Grizzlies during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, April 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30), right, talks to teammate Draymond Green (23) while both sit on the bench in the first quarter of their basketball game against the Memphis Grizzlies at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

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Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry (30) celebrates his fifth three-pointer with Golden State Warriors' Andrew Bogut (12) during their game against the Memphis Grizzlies in the first quarter at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr, left, congratulates Stephen Curry (30) during a timeout in the first quarter of their basketball game against the Memphis Grizzlies at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

Curry had made just 10 of 32 tries from the arc in three previous games against Memphis, but that recent history proved no obstacle. He made his first 3-pointer at 9:13 of the opening period, and another at 7:59.

Then, in a 57-second burst that sent Oracle fans into hysteria, Curry made three more from deep — one of them from 31 feet, then two more in quick succession. With 3:47 left in the first quarter, he already was at 397.

(It was shortly after that Twitter crashed. Yes, Stephen Curry broke Twitter. He came out of the game to start the second quarter, and within minutes the social media site was up and running again.)

“Things started to flow,” Curry said. “I let it come to me and had some fun.”

“In Steph’s case, if he’s greedy it helps us,” Kerr said. “We want him looking for his shot, attacking, being aggressive all the time. He had a spectacular night.”

No. 398 came with 48 seconds left, giving him 20 points in the quarter.

“For him to come out the way he did was incredible,” teammate Draymond Green said. “It pretty much sums up the year he had.”

Curry fired in No. 399 — a 27-footer — with 2:48 left in the second period. Three more in the third put him over the top.

A summary of Curry’s statistical milestones this season:

He became the first Warrior since Rick Barry (35.6) in 1966-67 to lead the league in scoring. His average of 30.1 points per game is 6.2 more than he averaged a year ago when he was the league’s MVP.

Curry is the first guard since Michael Jordan in 1991-92 to average 30 points and shoot 50 percent from the field.

With 2,375 points, Curry assembled the fifth-highest season total in Warriors’ West Coast history, trailing only two seasons each by Wilt Chamberlain and Rick Barry * He extended his ongoing record of consecutive regular-season games with a 3-pointer to 152.

And he joined Steve Nash (2007-08) as the only players in the exclusive 50/45/90 club, making 50.4 percent of his field goals, 45.4 percent on 3-pointers and 90.8 percent from the free-throw line.

Said Kerr: “He just had one of the most amazing seasons that anyone has ever had.”